Gohan considers that there are very few precious things left in that merciless world he lives in. However, he also considers that Trunks is one of them.
When Trunks looks at him with those bright, painfully honest eyes, he knows it. Trunks will bring the peace back to Earth; he knows it because only the sight of him is enough to make his heart beat with the song of a hundred hummingbirds he has never seen in his life.
As if they were okay. As if they were safe.
When Gohan holds Trunks, it’s as if the world isn’t about to end.
Under the glow of a green dragon… It’s only when he wakes up after his death that Gohan allows himself to kiss him.